to people staying on waitlist, are you sending an LOCI with your WL response form? the waitlist letter says 'you may wish to submit, via email, a statement that indicates your level of interest in Northwestern' I just sent an LOCI (#2 after my interview, i wrote the 1st right after hold decision in Feb) a week or two ago and am unsure whether to try to write another one (i feel like it'd be babbling cuz i have nothing new to write about) or just write a short email denoting how NW is my top choice and that I would sacrifice small animals for an offer of admission. Thoughts?

MusicNutMeggie wrote:I got in yesterday! They sent an email at about 2:30...and then financial aid sent one about an hour later that said that all grant and scholarship money had been exhausted. Oh, well. Now it's off to Ithaca to check out Cornell-- this is going to be a tough decision. Good luck to all of you!

congrats musicnut! were you on hold? by when do you have to provide a decision?

Thanks, Miranda! I reeeeally hope you get in off the waitlist; sometimes these decisions just seem downright random. Yes, I was on hold from 3/26 until yesterday after going complete 2/17 (application received mid-December). I have to give them $750 and a commitment by May 12.

slenslee wrote:to people staying on waitlist, are you sending an LOCI with your WL response form? the waitlist letter says 'you may wish to submit, via email, a statement that indicates your level of interest in Northwestern' I just sent an LOCI (#2 after my interview, i wrote the 1st right after hold decision in Feb) a week or two ago and am unsure whether to try to write another one (i feel like it'd be babbling cuz i have nothing new to write about) or just write a short email denoting how NW is my top choice and that I would sacrifice small animals for an offer of admission. Thoughts?

I'm in the same situation but am writing another LOCI. Quite frankly, we can't expect them to remember what we wrote in our first LOCIs so I am reiterating the main points from my first. Better to write another and give yourself the best chance of standing out, I think.

WL today as well. They pretty much say unlikely to get anything but loans at his point and a 4 yr program without $$ at NU is way to expensive for me. I will be withdrawing. Besides I think my husband might go even more crazy than me over not knowing where I will end up in the fall. He has to make a decision about his job. At least with UCI he can keep his job. We can make that work.

eiluj39 wrote:this may be totally random. does anyone know if you can switch from jd-llm hman rights program to regular jd after enrolling as joint degree program student?

Good question, and totes germane to what someone was saying earlier about 4 years without monayz. I also started having second thoughts about the JD/LLM (not that it matters, since my ass was waitlisted).

Also, isn't there any chance other people turning down schollys would free up more money? Or is that going to go to people who are already in and waiting for money?